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Larissa Kyzer

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Contributor

Larissa Kyzer

Larissa Kyzer is a writer and Icelandic literary translator. Her translation of Kristín Eiríksdóttir’s A Fist or a Heart was awarded the American Scandinavian Foundation’s 2019 translation prize. The same year, she was one of Princeton University’s Translators in Residence....

In 2020, Larissa cofounded Eth & Thorn, a chapbook press dedicated to Icelandic poetry and short fiction in translation. Larissa is co-chair of PEN America’s Translation Committee and runs the virtual Women+ in Translation reading series Jill!

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Articles by Larissa Kyzer

On the Periphery

By Larissa Kyzer

The scope of the topics explored in this issue is, therefore, necessarily broad without being comprehensive.

The Sea Gives Us Children

By Thórdís Helgadóttir

Karen says she’s seen it when the souls begin their perambulations.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

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April 2021 At Journeys End Iceland Life Jackets Feature

At Journey’s End

By Steinunn G. Helgadóttir

This last shift, the boats came in all night and we ran out of everything.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

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Blue Days

By Fríða Ísberg

That same month, she realizes that she’s never going to stop striving as long as she’s in Reykjavik.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

The Husband and His Brother

By Björn Halldórsson

When Böddi came back to Iceland a month later, he was engaged.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

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In Human-Made Society

By Eva Rún Snorradóttir

In order to get a visa, they had to explain to him how two women went about having sex.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

Abel’s Autobiography

By Kári Tulinius

I had two choices: I could wrest back control of my life or I could die.

Translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer

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